INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL SOCIOLOGY

SOC 952

Selected topics in measurement and model construction in social research.

MATH 444

Mathematical foundations of networks with an emphasis on their applications in modern data science, using tools from algorithmic graph theory and linear algebra. Topics include: basics of graph theory, network statistics, graph traversal algorithms and implementation, matrix methods, community detection, PageRank, simulation of random graph models.

SOC 376

Explores mathematical models of social process employing dynamical systems, Markov chains, and simulation analysis. Examples will address a wide range of sociological topics including cultural evolution, demography, social influence, social-network formation, religion, residential segregation, and social movements.

SOC 700

An introduction to current issues in sociology and its subfields.

SOC 196

Introduction to sociology concepts and methods.